Rail-support.



J W. STEPHENSON.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 2a. 1912.

1,093,1 57. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.26,1912.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

J. W. STEPHENSON.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 001. 2a, 1912.

1,093,157. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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J. W. STEPHENSON.

RAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 0017.26, 1912.

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RAIL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN WV. STEPHEN- soN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have i11- vented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan of my improved tie plate, showing the main rail and guard rail in position thereon; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the plate showing the rails in section; Fig.

3 is a section on lines III-III of Fig. 1,

showing the plate in position on a tie; Fig. 4 is a section on lines IV-IV of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a bottom View of the guard rail plate; Fig. 6 is a perspective of the tie plate with the rail and other parts removed; Fig. 7 shows a perspective of the guard rail plate in which the guard rail is mounted on the tie plate; Figs. 8 and 9 are details of wedge members; Fig. 10 is a plan of a modified form of my device, and Fig. 11 is a section on lines XI-XI of Fig. 10.

My invention relates to guard rails and is adapted to provide a tie plate for the reception and securing of both the main rail and the guard rail, and it provides not only adequate fastening and bracing of both the guard rail and the main rail, but also permits the guard rail tobe moved relatively to the main rail, to compensate for wear, either on the head of the main rail or on the head of the guard rail or on both.

My invention is also designed to permit the bases of the rails to overlap, so that the necessity of cutting away the base flanges of the rail to bring their heads the proper distance apart is eliminated.

Referring to the drawings, 2 represents a tie plate, which has downwardly extending tie gripping flanges 2 and which may be suitably secured to the ties through the spike or bolt holes 3. The tie plate is provided near its ends with upwardly and inwardly inclined projections 4 and 5, and with abutments 6 disposed longitudinally of the rails, against which'one flange of the main rail 7 is designed to bear.

8 is a rail brace adapted to be driven in to the guideway between the main rail 7 and the projection 4, and 9 is a bendable key member adapted to be driven into the curved keyway 9 in the projection 4 to secure the rail brace in position after it has been driven home in the guideway.

The tie plate 2 has a centrally located and longitudinally extending recess 10, in which '13 positioned a guard rail plate 11 for the guard rail 12, and the said plate is adapted to be moved laterally, to shift the guard rail toward the main rail. The plate 11 has a laterally extending portion 13, which extends in the recess 10 underneath the rail 7 when the rail 7 is in position, and above the portion 13 is a jaw 14, which is adapted to take about the flange 15 of the guard rail 12. On the side of the plate opposite to the jaw 14 is an upwardly and inwardly inclined projection 16, which acts as a guide for the rail bracing member 17, which is adapted to be driven in to the guideway be tween the rail 12 and the projection 16 and to securely bind the guard rail to the plate 11.

18 is a bendable key member adapted to be driven into the curved keyway 18" in the projection 16, which looks the rail brace 17 in the guideway between the rail 12 and the projection 16, after the rail brace has been driven into position therein.

Extending transversely of the tie plate 2 is a slot 19, which'has a recessed and enlarged portion 20 of the same depth and width as the recess 10, and which is separated from the recess 10 by the wall 21. The recess 20 is adapted for reception of the downwardly extending projection 22 of the guard rail plate 11. The under side of the guard rail plate 11 is cut away at 23 for the reception of the wall 21 of the tie plate, and at 24 for reception of the wedge 25, by which the guard rail plate 11 is moved relative to the tie plate. The wedge 25 is held in any desired position by means of the bendable locking member 26 which operates in the curved keyway 26.

27 is a wedging member which abuts against the end of the guard rail plate 11 and overlies the laterally extending lip 28 of that plate.

29 is a bendable key member adapted to be driven into the curved keyway 29 in its guideway between the projections and the end of the guard rail plate 11 after the wedge 27 has been adjusted in the desired position.

I prefer to use and adjust my device in the following manner: The tie plate 2 is set in position on the tie with its flanges 2 gripping the sides of the tie and is bolted or spiked thereto. The guard rail plate 11 is inserted in the tie plate 2, with its lower portions in position in the recesses 10 and 20 of the tie plate. I then insert the main rail 7 with one base flange under the lips of the abutments 6, and then drive home between the projection 41; and the opposite side of the rail, the rail brace 8. The bendable key member 9 is then inserted and driven home, which, by reason of its curved keyway 9, locks the rail brace securely in position.

then insert the flange 15 of the guard rail in the jaw 1a of the guardrail plate 11 and secure it to the said plate by means of the rail brace 17 and the bendable key member 18. I then drive home the wedges 25 and 27 in their respective guideways, so that the head of the guard rail will be moved until it is the proper distance away from the head of the main rail. The wedges are then looked securely in position by means of the bendable key members 26 and 29. Then the head of either the main rail or the guard rail or both becomes so worn that the gage between these two rails is no longer maintained, I

' then withdraw the bendablekey member 29,

loosen the wedge 27 and withdraw the wedge 25 sufiiciently to permit movement of the guard rail plate 11 in the direction of the main rail, so that the guard rail plate 11 may carry the guard rail 12 a suflicient distance toward the main rail to reestablish the proper gage between the heads of the two rails, and then drive in the Wedge 27 and again lock the wedges 25 and 27 with the key members 26 and 29.

In Figs. 10 and 11 I show a modified form of my device in which the recess 10 extends nearly across the tie plate 2, and which is designed for the reception of the guard rail plate 11. The movement of the guard rail plate 11 is controlled by the wedges 27 and 80, the wedge 27 being used to move the guard rail plate 11 carrying the guard rail 12 toward the main rail 7 and the wedge 30, which abuts against the end 31 of the guard rail plate 11, being used to move or hold the guard rail plate 11 so that the head of the rail 12 will be moved or maintained the proper distance from the main rail 7, or so that the head of the rail 7 will be moved or maintained the proper distance from the other main rail.

It is obvious that with my device the necessity of unspiking and respiking the guard rail after wear is obviated, and that an unskilled laborer can without diiticulty maintain the proper gage between the main rail and the guard rail by reason of the easy and quick adjustment of the guard rail which my device provides.

Various modifications may be made in the constructions which I have shown and described herein without departing from my invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a rail support, a base member adapted to support the main rail, a guard rail support mounted in a recess in said base member, means for securing the main rail to the base member and the guard rail to the guard rail support, and wedge members adapted to move the guard rail support relative to the base member.

2. In a rail support, a base member adapted to be secured to a tie and to sup port the main rail, a plate for the guard rail, the said plate being movable transversely of the base member, and wedging means for moving the guard rail plate to maintain the proper gage between the-heads of the rails. V

3. In a rail support, a base member, a main rail mounted thereon, a guard rail support positioned in said base member and I a guard rail mounted thereon, means for securing the main rail and the guard rail to the base member and the guard rail support respectively, and wedging means for adjusting and securingv the guard rail plate relative to the base plate. 7

4. In a rail support, a base member, a' main rail mounted thereon, a guard rail support positioned in said base member and a guard rail mounted thereon, means for securing the main rail and the guard rail to the base member and the guard rail support respectively, a wedge for moving the guard rail away from the main rail, and a wedge for moving the guard rail toward the main rail, the two wedges comprising means for adjustingthe guard rail in any desired position relative to the main rail.

5. In a rail support, a base member adapted to support the main rail, a support for the guard rail mounted in a recess in said base member, securing means for the rails, wedge members adapted to move the guard rail support relative to the base member,

one of said wedge members overlying one end of the guard rail support, and being adapted to hold it in position in the base member and to move it toward the. opposite side of the base member. n

6. In a rail support, a base member adapted to support the main rail, a support for the guard rail mounted in said base member, an abutment on said base member and an abutment on the guard rail support for taking about a flange on the main rail and a flange on the guard rail respectively, rail braces adapted to be driven in between the rails and their respective supports for securing thereto, bendable-locking members cooperating with inclined keyways for locking the rail braces in position, and wedging meims for adjusting the position of the ral s. r

7. In a rail support, a base member for supporting the main rail, a plate on the base member for the guard rail, and means for moving the guard rail relative to the main rail for maintaining the gage, said means comprising two Wedges, one being adapted to overlie a portion of the plate and to move it in one direction, and the other being designed to underlie a portion of the plate and to move it in the opposite direction.

8. In a rail support, a base member for supporting the main rail, a plate on the base member for the guard rail, Wedging means for moving the guard rail relative to the main rail, and bendable key members cooperating with inclined keyways for looking the Wedging means in position.

JOHN W. STEPHENSON.

Witnesses:

CHESTER K. BRooKs, HARRY E. ORR.

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